# Wes (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/wes/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,786 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,786 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 10, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 83 | 1,769 |
| 2012 | 94 | 1,655 |
| 2013 | 122 | 1,386 |
| 2014 | 122 | 1,395 |
| 2015 | 143 | 1,265 |
| 2016 | 160 | 1,193 |
| 2017 | 180 | 1,089 |
| 2018 | 191 | 1,063 |
| 2019 | 217 | 982 |
| 2020 | 216 | 991 |
| 2021 | 268 | 867 |
| 2022 | 315 | 801 |
| 2023 | 310 | 800 |
| 2024 | 346 | 744 |
| 2025 | 376 | 716 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |

## People named Wes

- Wes Anderson, American filmmaker (born 1969)
- Wes Brown, English association football player
- Wes Studi, American actor
- Wes Bentley, American actor
- Wes Borland, American musician
- Wes Unseld, American basketball player and coach (1946–2020)
- Wes Ball, American film director
- Wes Moore, American politician, investment banker, author and television producer
- Wes Streeting, British Labour politician (born 1983)
- Wes Chatham, American actor
- Wes Ramsey, American actor
- Wes Foderingham, English association football player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.